# Benefit of a Flash Dose of Corticosteroids in Digestive Surgical Oncology: a Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial

> **NCT03875690** · PHASE3 · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon** · enrollment: 1200 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Elective Surgery for Any Digestive Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Injection of methylprednisolone
- **DRUG:** Injection of sodium chloride
- **BIOLOGICAL:** Blood samples

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03875690
- **Lead sponsor:** Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2019-07-02
- **Primary completion:** 2024-02-29
- **Final completion:** 2027-09
- **Target enrollment:** 1200 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03875690

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03875690, "Benefit of a Flash Dose of Corticosteroids in Digestive Surgical Oncology: a Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03875690. Licensed CC0.

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